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RoadTrip Go Cruisin’ Down Dinosaur Alley
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TITLE BASIC STORY SAMPLE GRAB GRADEWHAT YOU’LL LOVE
KENNY CHESNEY BY JOHN HAEGER — ASSOCIATED PRESS
“How she lived made sense in a
certain way, the bits and pieces of
work she did that added up to a
living — a life.”
— World-weary, dejected Sarabeth considers her existence
It’s easy to fi nd elements of one’s own
experiences in Packer’s wise prose, which
proves her an expert observer of the
give-and-take that characterizes
any deep friendship.
The Booker Prize winner’s latest
novel channels bleary-eyed Paula
Hook’s unease the night before she
and her husband confess a 16-year-old secret to
their teenage twins.
Fans of the White Stripes’ icky
thumping will fi nd lots of charm in
these knotty, bratty tunes.
“All my friends are bad kids / Product
of no dad kids / Kids like you and me”
— “Bad Kids”
Chesney pairs his brain-numbing platitudes with
party tunes (“Wild Ride” and “Got a Little Crazy”)
that feel as rowdy as a T.G.I. Friday’s happy hour.— C.R.
Though you can’t turn
away from this movie, it is
never easy to watch.— Justin Rude
The need to revisit locations multiple
times may annoy some players.— Christopher Healy
Gamers used to playing similar
games with button-based controls
may fi nd the interface tough to
adapt to.— Evan Narcisse
Skate’s stunning graphics, along
with analog stick controls that
make it feel as though you’re
really controlling the character’s
body, help deliver a gritty, lo-fi experience.
Using the “grapple lasso” to catch
enemies and then yanking the
Wii remote to pull them to you is
ridiculously fun.
Among a number of satisfying
performances by lesser-known
Native American actors, August
Schellenberg’s portrayal of Sitting
Bull, at turns demeaned and
determined, stands out.
Sarah Polley directs Gordon Pinsent and Julie
Christie in the moving story of Grant and Fiona,
a long-married couple whose
relationship is drastically
redefi ned as Fiona succumbs
to Alzheimer’s.
Poet? Pirate? Try
punching bag. Chesney’s latest heap of
midtempo mush and banal balladry makes it
easier than ever to pick on the multiplatinum
country star.
Laser-toting heroine Samus Aran returns for
the fi nal installment of her action-packed space-
pirate-hunting trilogy.
This punky Georgia
foursome puts a fresh
sneer on the vintage
bluster of the Sonics,
the Stooges and
the Stones.
Good Bad Not EvilBlack Lips
Vice
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Tomorrow By Graham Swift
Knopf
$23.95
The warmly received author
of “The Dive From Clausen’s
Pier” delivers an ambitious
story of the lifelong friendship
and shared hardship between
two friends, Liz and Sarabeth.
Songs Without Words By Ann Packer
Knopf
$24.95
Christie and Pinsent earn
every emotional response in
a fi lm that paints a picture
of love and loss without
taking any shortcuts.
A commentary track with
Christie is just icing.
“Don’t blink /
Just like that you’re 6 years
old and you take a nap /
And you wake up and you’re
25 / And your high school
sweetheart becomes your wife”
— “Don’t Blink”
After his short-lived marriage to Renée
Zellweger, Chesney’s domestic yearnings on
“Wife and Kids” might pique the interest
of Us Weekly subscribers.
“The Sioux resisted because this
land is theirs.”
— Sen. Henry Dawes(Aidan Quinn) lobbies for kinder
treatment of the Sioux
Entering “hyper mode” makes Samus
unbelievably strong, but you need to
fi ght the temptation to overuse it,
or the power will
eventually corrupt
— and kill — her.
Swift fl uently captures the
manic, distressed voice of a
shamefaced mother who seeks
forgiveness from the people she
holds most dear.
Beginning with a massacre
at Little Bighorn and ending
with a massacre at Wounded
Knee Creek, the HBO movie
tells a shameful story of the
government’s treatment of
Native Americans.
A surprisingly robust video
editor lets players capture
their most awesome tricks,
add music and share the
clips with friends.
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Some Hollywood types
(Quinn, Anna Paquin)
must make do with
parts that are stiff or underdeveloped. — J.R.
While skeletons in characters’ closets
are certainly alluring, having to wait
150 pages before the mysterious
details are revealed is not.— Alexis Burling
Does even the biggest
nostalgist have room in their
iPod for the umpteenth wave of
garage-rock revivalism?— Chris Richards
For all its empathy, the story never really
takes off, probably because the main character
(Sarabeth), a quirky grown-up orphan,
fails to come into believable focus.— Reviewed by Sara Cardace
“I’m the only one awake in this house
on this night before the day that will change
our lives.”
— Paula sets the scene
“So you see, I am going,
but I am not gone.”
— Fiona relishes her lucid moments
Players control a young skateboarding prospect
as he shreds the streets of the fi ctional San
Vanelona, trying to break into the extreme
sport’s big time.
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Away From Her Rated PG-13
Lionsgate
$27.98
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Not rated
HBO
$26.98
Just Who I Am: Poets & PiratesKenny Chesney
RCA
$18.98
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Wii
Rated Teen
Nintendo
$49.99
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Baby dinosaurs and their gargantuan parents reside in theSmithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
Meet Maryland’s mammoth state dinoand catch an Imax dinosaur movie at theMaryland Science Center.
Washington’s first dino fossil (a tailbone) was
found in January 1898 on a block now dubbed
Capitalsaurus Court.
Visit the dinosaur-size Maryland Food Center,
where you can buy one crab for $1 and slabs
of fish at Frank’s Seafood restaurant.
At a former iron pit in Muirkirk, Smithsonianpaleontologist Peter Kroehler and a volunteerdig up a 26-inch dinosaur bone, which wasdiscovered several months ago by an amateurpaleontologist. The site is slated to becomethe East Coast’s first dinosaur dig park.
Start here
Driver’s route
Buy a toy dino now and return Nov. 15 for a three-month-longAfrican dinosaur exhibit at the National Geographic Society.
Watch 15 snarling life-size monsters in the stageproduction “Walking With Dinosaurs — TheLive Experience,” Sept. 19-22 at Verizon Center.
Check out the pint-size dino exhibitand take a free pontoon ride atBladensburg Waterfront Park.
Paleontologist Peter Kranz takes kids andtheir parents on dinosaur fossil hunts instreambeds at Acredale Community Park.
Workers unearthed an11-inch fragment of athighbone from a 10-tondinosaur near McMillanReservoir in May 1942.
Use the free WiFi at theGreene Turtle SportsBar & Grille to go onlineand buy dinosaur booksand geological maps.
Some of America’s first dino fossilswere discovered in a former ironmine behind the Visitor Center atthe Henry A. Wallace BeltsvilleAgricultural Research Center.
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Dinosaur Alley
WHERE: The District and Maryland.
WHY: Mighty T. rex, a Capitalsaurus and an upcomingdino park.
HOW FAR: About 65 miles, or nearly 2 hours from startto finish.
F orget the distant, dusty dinosaur digs ofMontana and Utah. Our region also delightsdino fanatics.
One of the most popular reptiles at theNational Museum of Natural History’s Di-
nosaur Hall is a replica of giant Tyrannosaurus rex.But don’t overlook the exhibit’s underdogs, says Mat-thew T. Carrano, curator of dinosaurs at the museum.You’ll discover a baby horned dinosaur skeleton and asmall plant-eater dubbed Thescelosaurus. Carrano’sfave is the rare Ceratosaurus, a medium-size meat-eaterthat roamed the earth with its better-known Jurassicpals Allosaurus and Diplodocus.
The Smithsonian museum is not far from the spotnear the U.S. Capitol where a dinosaur fossil was firstunearthed in Washington, in 1898. Nearly a century lat-er, local paleontologist Peter Kranz persuaded D.C. offi-cials to dub the creature Capitalsaurus and name thesite Capitalsaurus Court.
In Maryland, the state’s official dinosaur, Astrodonjohnstoni, rules the day at Baltimore’s Maryland Sci-ence Center, where a 67-foot-long model is on display.Visitors can also see such local relics as a cast of a toothfrom an Acrocanthosaurs dinosaur. (The original is at
the natural history museum.) Thomas R. Lipka of West-minster discovered the original tooth and other fossilsat a quarry in Muirkirk along “Dinosaur Alley,” astretch of land along Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 be-tween Baltimore and Washington.
One of the first three dinosaur fossils ever reportedin the United States was unearthed in Dinosaur Alley in1858. The former iron mine is one of the only places onthe East Coast where 115-million-year-old dinosaur fos-sils from the early Cretaceous Period can be found. Andwithin the next decade, it’s going to become a dinosaurdig park, the first of its kind on this coast. Most of thefossils pulled from its hills are small, but several monthsago, amateur paleontologist Michael Styer of West Lau-rel discovered a 26-inch arm or leg bone at the pit.
No one knows what dino hunters will discover next,but you can get a peek at the future park and other fos-sil-rich formations by contacting the Maryland-NationalCapital Park and Planning Commission. Happy hunt-ing.
— Barbara J. SaffirTo schedule an appointment to view fossil sites in PrinceGeorge’s County, call Maryland-National Capital Park andPlanning Commission planner Eileen Nivera at301-699-2522.
Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, as are
addresses and hours of operation (be sure to checkbefore you go). Have an idea for a trip? E-mailroadtrip@washpost.com.
MAP BY JEROME COOKSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST; SMITHSONIAN PHOTO BY CHIP CLARK — SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY; OTHER PHOTOS BY BARBARA J. SAFFIR FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
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